Two hundred escaped monkeys have caused police officers in a city in central Thailand to They barricaded themselves in their police station spend the weekend facing the mob of aggressive animals, according to AFP and local media.
The human inhabitants of Lopburi have long suffered the consequences of a growing and aggressive monkey population and authorities have built special enclosures to contain the resident animal groups.
But this Saturday, around 200 primates escaped from the cages.and they devastated the city. A group arrived at a local police station.
“We had to make sure the doors and windows were closed to prevent them from entering the building in search of food,” police captain Somchai Seedee said Monday.
He was concerned that these marauders could destroy property, including police documents, he said.
It was called to patrol police and guard officers to defend against visitors, as reported by the Lopburi police on Facebook this Sunday.
A dozen intruders still remained defiantly on the roof of the police station this Monday, according to photographs from local media.
On the streets, overwhelmed police and local authorities worked to stop these animals, sending them away from residential areas with food.
Monkeys, worshiped by a Hindu god
Although Thailand is an overwhelmingly Buddhist nation, it has long assimilated the Hindu traditions and lore of its pre-Buddhist era.
As a result, monkeys hold a special place in Thai hearts thanks to the heroic Hindu monkey god Hanuman, who helped Rama rescue his beloved wife Sita from the clutches of an evil demon king.
Thousands of fearless primates rule the streets around the Pra Prang Sam Yod temple in central Lopburi.
The city has been hosting an annual fruit festival for its macaque population since the late 1980s, part religious tradition and part tourist attraction.
Conflictive coexistence
But their growing numbers, vandalism and mass fighting have made uneasy coexistence with their human neighbors almost intolerable.
Authorities in Lopburi have attempted to quell cases of human-macaque clashes with sterilization and rehoming programs.
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